Tag Archives: Los Angeles

June 13, 2025 — Bill Glahn

Whose flag?

Featured image The Los Angeles Times reports, How the flags of Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala symbolize defiance against Trump’s L.A. raids. Mere defiance? How about insurrection, revolution, sedition? By coincidence, tomorrow is (American) Flag Day. The headline of the non paywall version reads, less provocatively, These are some of the people flying flags during Los Angeles protests, and why they do it. It’s a man-on-the-street interview piece. The Times reports, For »
June 12, 2025 — Bill Glahn

Information warfare

Featured image From Bill Melugin of Fox News, LA Mayor Bass claimed today, without evidence, that ICE came to ERs and homeless shelters in LA today. ICE says that’s a lie and responds below. Melugin quotes the official ICE Twitter (X) account, FACT CHECK MAYOR BASS: ICE and its federal partners were NOT in homeless shelters, ERs and schools. Your lies are fueling the violent riots in your city. Shameful. John discussed »
June 9, 2025 — Bill Glahn

Trump popularity surges on LA riots, immigration stance

Featured image Rasmussen Reports posted on Twitter (X) this morning, Good Morning! Overnight Trump presidential job approval number is in. Sunday Night – LA Riot Weekend – 54.49%. When the full results came out later this morning, the Rasmussen moving average on Trump’s approval went up a point to 51-48. Apparently, CNN agrees. The U.K. Daily Mail reports, ‘This is Trump’s net approval rating on immigration,’ Harry Enten said on air Monday while comparing »
June 9, 2025 — Bill Glahn

Waymo woes

Featured image KTLA reports, Waymo has suspended service in downtown Los Angeles after multiple autonomous vehicles were set ablaze on Sunday amid protests against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. A company spokesperson confirmed to KTLA that Waymo won’t be serving DTLA but will still operate in other areas of Los Angeles. Waymos are those self-driving taxis that operate in selected urban areas. I spotted one in Scottsdale, Arizona, earlier this year. It’s »
June 7, 2025 — Bill Glahn

ICE Riots [Updated]

Featured image I thought things were bad in Minneapolis. The New York Post reports about the full-on riots continuing into today against federal immigration enforcement in Los Angeles under the heading “LA Burning,” Feds mobilize the National Guard as riots over immigration raids wreak havoc on Los Angeles. The Post adds, Protests over federal immigration raids continued to wreak havoc on Los Angeles Saturday with agents wearing riot gear reportedly using flash-bang »
May 26, 2025 — Bill Glahn

Blue state exodus continues

Featured image “Los Angeles ranks No. 1 in move-outs for second year, PODS data shows,” reports KTLA-5 on the continuing exodus from the Golden State. The station adds, The report, analyzing customer move data from January 2024 through March 2025, found that California, with seven cities, including Los Angeles, San Diego, and the San Francisco Bay Area, ranked among the top 20 areas with the highest number of move-outs. The latest PODS »